Research

Although the ultimate goals of the Institute’s research prominently feature biomedical and sociocultural applications, all projects to be undertaken hinge on the interaction of neurocognitive, sociocultural, and biomedical phenomena. In this unique setting, the projects are interdisciplinary hybrids.

Projects aimed at biomedical applications are undertaken in partnership with the USC Keck School of Medicine (e.g. with the Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Occupational Science); and with the Davis School of Gerontology. Projects with sociocultural aims are undertaken in partnership with investigators in other USC College units (e.g. psychology, political science), and other USC schools (The Annenberg Center and the Annenberg School of Communication, The Rossier School of Education, The Marshall School of Business, The Viterbi School of Engineering, The School of Cinema and Television, and the School of Theater).

The Brain and Creativity Institute is currently housed in the Hedco Neuroscience Building on the University Park Campus of USC. The Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, created to investigate the relation between neural and mental phenomena in humans, and directed by Dr. Hanna Damasio is an especially important resource and laboratory for the Institute.